...75 feet tall and built in 1810 by James Gould, who became its first keeper. In those days, the light was produced by oillamps suspended on iron chains inside a 10-foot-high lantern. That lighthouse was demolished by retreating Confederate...

...everything in lights," she said, "because it represents the light within each one of us." During the festival, oillamps are burned throughout the day and into the night to ward off darkness and evil. Many homes also place candles and electric...

...saucer through the drainage holes in the bottom of the pot and into the soil media. The fabric acts like a wick in an oillamp. It pulls water into the soil media as needed. The wick-and-reservoir combination makes containers self-watering...

...windows feature carved medallions. "The medallions on the ceiling are original to the house, but back then they had oillamps," Mrs. Piekielniak said. The house has 14-foot ceilings, and the parlor features trench molding. "It makes it...

...TODAY'S JOKE: Here's one passed along by Rich Rodgers. A man walking along a California beach comes across an old oillamp buried in the sand. He rubs it and suddenly a genie appears. "Thank you so much," the genie says. "For freeing...

...been finished five years ago." The limited space includes a model of the original 1803 Cape Hatteras light, which used oillamps, and the first lens installed in the lighthouse, in 1853. There also are ship models, including one of the Hamlet...

...saucer through the drainage holes in the bottom of the pot and into the soil media. The fabric acts like a wick in an oillamp. It pulls water into the soil media as needed. The wick-and-reservoir combination makes containers self-watering...

...Temple; various bullae (clay seals for documents), one of which names the prophet Jeremiah's scribe Baruch; a stone oillamp; a wine decanter possibly used in the Temple; a bowl inscribed with the name of Pharaoh Shishak, who invaded biblical...